Feather-renovator



(No Model.)

0. S, CRANE.

'PEATHER RBNOVATOR,

Patented June 23, 1885.

N, FUERS MW. V/alhil lhn. D C- UNrTEn STATES PATENT Orricnt,

ORRIS S. CRANE, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

FEATHER-RENOVATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 320,540, dated June 23,1885.

Application filed September 8, 1984. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ORRIS S. CRANE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Detroit,

in the county of \Vayne and State ofMichigan,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements'in FeathenRenovators;and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of my present invention is to construct a simple and cheapdevice for the purpose of cleaning and drying or renovating feathers;and my invention consists in providing the cylinder or renovator drumwith wire-screening pockets, as hereinafter set forth; also, in thearrangement or system of conveyinglive steam into said renovator, inconnection with a steam or heating chamber for drying the feathers whencleaned, as and for the purposes hereinafter specified.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is afront elevation of my invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse section throughFig. 1 on vertical dottedlines. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section throughFig. 1 below the center of the drum. Fig. 4 is an en larged perspectiveof one of the metal screeningframes. Fig. 5 is a perspective of thesteaming and heating pipes detached from the drum.

In the drawings,Fig.1, 9 represents a'framework, to which I attach thecylinder or renovating drum A. Said drum is made entirely of sheetmetal, being in two sections. The top section consists of a singleshell, (see Figs. 1 and 2,) while the bottom is made double, consistingof two like shells, one within the other. The inner shell is madeconsiderably smaller, thus forming the chamber XV, which extends aroundthe lower portion of the drum and upon eachside, as shown in Figs. 2 and3. The chamber W at the top is closed over at x it. (See Fig. 3.) Theupper half of the drum is of the same size as the outer lower half, asshown in Figs. 1 and 2.

Passing through the center of the drum is a crank-shaft, 0, having armst t. Upon the outer ends of said arms are fans or heaters 12 o.

The wall of the upper portion of the drum has three doors'or openings,on m m, and the lower portion one. The drum A is built stationary, andthe boaters o o are revolved by means of a crank or pulley upon theshaft 0.

I locate in the bottom of the drum A aseries of steam-pipes, d, (I and Iwhich are connected to a main pipe, D, which leads to the steam-supply.The pipes located in the lower section of the drum extend from side toside. The pipes ll (1 are below the outer wall of the drum, while thecentral pipe passes through the heads or sides of the drum and throughthe chamber IV. Said pipe in the chamber is provided with perforationsee, (see Figs. 2 and 5,) and the pipes at (l are each provided with aseries of tubes, at a, leading into said pipes and extending through thechamber 1V, projecting slightly above the inner wall of the lowersection of the drum. (See Figs. 1 and 5.) The pipes d d and P areprovided with steamvalvesfff,l1aving at their free ends, which extendthrough to the opposite side of said drum, steam-cocks f f f. (SeeFigs.2 and 5.)

Above the shaft 0, on each side of the drum, is

an air-openiug,which is covered by a screen,S, and said openings arealso provided with slid ing doors 7L.

The screw B, as shown in Fig. 4., consists of a metal frame, F, curvedin its vertical part and turned upward at the bottom in the form of a U,forming the pocket 1'. (See Fig. t.) Said frame is covered by awire-cloth, e.

To operate said machine, the feathers are placed within themachine,through the upper doors of the drum. The screens over theopenings are all removed, and said openings are closed by metal doors 1d. The steam from the supply-pipe D is let on when the steamvalves ofthepipes d (l are opened, the cocksf being closed. The steam passes upthrough the series of tubes 0 0 into the renovatordrum through thefeathers. \Vhen turning thebeaters by the crank, the feathers are drivenaround the drum, thus cleaning and purifying them. When the feathershave been sufficiently steamed, the valves of the steam-pipes (Z (Z areclosed and the cooks fare opened. Then,opening the doors of the drum A,the screenframes are inserted over said openings, and the slides h aredrawn back, as shown in Fig. 1, which admits air at the center of thedrum.

Then, opening the steam-valve of the pipe P, live steam will be admitted into the heating chamber l/V below the feathers. The steam insaidchamber heats the drum,and turning the heaters, as before stated,driving the feathers around the drum,when the moisture and lightimpurities will pass out through the screened openings, and as thefeathers are thrown around the drum, stones, nails, sticks, and allheavy foul matter that may be in the feathers in dropping back fallagainst the screens 13 B and lodge within the pockets 7*, thusseparating said foul matter from the feathers. To empty or remove thescreens B 13, they are slighty raised, when they may be drawn forwardout of the drum. Vheu the feathers are thoroughly dried, the feathertickis caught over the hooks s sin the screenopening in the lower section ofthe drum by U cure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a feather-renovator,the drum, made of sheet metal and mounted upona suitable frame, in combination with the screeningframe F, having thewire covering 2 and pocket r, formed in said screen, and a revolvingbeater within said drum, substantially as set forth.

2. In afeathenrenovator, the drum A, made in two parts, the lower parthaving the heating-chamber NV, and series of pipes d cl and P, arrangedin the lower section of said drum, substantially as specified,of arevolving beater within said drum, the screens 8 and sliding doors h,and the screens B, having pockets 1', when arranged and combinedsubstantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ORRIS S. CRANE.

\Vitnesses: I

E. S. VHEELER, 1%. B. \VHEELER.

